UK gas prices edged up early on Tuesday after Monday’s fall, but the system was well supplied and demand only increased marginally, traders said. Gas for Wednesday was up 2.30 pence at 19.00 pence per therm compared with day-ahead contracts late on Monday, while within-day was up 3.80 pence at 18.80 pence per therm. Along the curve,… Continue Reading »
Read More →EnergyQuote www.energyquote.com announced today that it has acquired John Hall Associates Limited (JHA) to further expand its capability, expertise and strengthen its position within the energy sector. The combined company is now one of the largest energy consultancies in the UK and Europe, employing 200 energy specialists who deliver services to over 800 customers across the UK and Europe.
Read More →Ofgem, Britain’s energy regulator, yesterday warned Britain’s big six gas and electricity suppliers that it would launch a full investigation unless action was taken to ease new credit restrictions on 250,000 small businesses. The power companies have told some of these customers that they must pay their energy bills seven months in advance. Small business… Continue Reading »
Read More →Software maker eMeter has landed a contract that could see it managing data from smart meters across the United Kingdom. The deal is with Electralink, a company created in 1998 to manage communications between utilities in the deregulated U.K. energy market. Electralink manages data from traditional meters, but it’s moving to integrate smart meters into… Continue Reading »
Read More →A company in Utah is developing a battery system for home-based electricity storage that may make energy storage much easier and more economical for off-the-grid homes as well as helping to improve the efficiency of grid-tied homes. The technology being developed by Ceramatec is a new variation on sodium sulfur batteries, an existing technology with… Continue Reading »
Read More →I know it may sound like science fiction, but if you remember we talked about BlackLight Power’s invention last year, you surely do remember it was about free energy. BlackLight’s hydrino (a hydrogen atom with a lower energy state than it was previously thought possible) stirred controversy in scientists’ world, bringing them bad fame as… Continue Reading »
Read More →Energy suppliers have sparked an online price war, as households coming to their end of their fixed-rate tariffs look to switch suppliers. So where should consumers go to get the cheapest deal, and should they fix or risk further price increases? Almost five million households, that is one in seven, are on a fixed-rate energy… Continue Reading »
Read More →A mind boggling 3.3 billion litres of water was lost every day in 2007-8 from leaking pipes across Britain, figures out yesterday revealed. The amount is equivalent to more than 1,300 Olympic-sized swimming pools. The Liberal Democrats, who obtained the figures, want to give water regulator Ofwat the power to set stricter leakage targets and… Continue Reading »
Read More →USwitch, the price comparison website, is up for sale only three years after being acquired for £210million by a U.S. media company. Scripps Networks Interactive has appointed advisory firm Allen & Co to sell the business, which it is thought would now fetch less than £50million after struggling to remain profitable in recent years. The… Continue Reading »
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